(#5133) Literal war in Ukraine while figurative war here in the US

      The bullets are flying in Ukraine as they work hard to fend off the Russian horde. While here in the US we Americans are fighting against the lies and omissions of truth by the right wing political party called republicans. The war in Ukraine is obviously much more grave at the moment but the war against lying words here is just as problematic, albeit not as immediately dangerous. But dangerous it is when the lies spread to the unbeknown and unchecking of facts hot heads! People like rupert murdoch is quite comfortable with telling lies so that he can make a buck. Meanwhile the effect of his lies are killing innocents!
     Much like the Russian horde pushed to invade a sovereign country under the guise of a lie. The similarities are stark and remind us that the corrupting lies coming from "fox not news" are the foundation for the deadly angst and mayhem that is spreading across our nation. When reagan dismantled the fairness in broadcasting act the door was opened for lies to become part of our reporting. Too many take the word of reporting on television and radio as truth because they assume that lies are not permitted to air on our public communications. Unfortunately that is not true.
     The problem with the assumption that lies are not allowed to be spread by national media is that the lies being fed by too many right wing broadcasting organizations are taken as fact and then acted upon with extreme prejudice aimed at the subject of the lies. An accountability is now under way in one such instance involving "fox not news" that will financially wound rupert murdoch and his organization. Telling lies in public for profit should never be allowed and every time it happens the liar needs to be held to account. The damage is done as soon as the lie is told so no amount of justice will change that but making liars pay for the lies they tell will surely be decreased when a punishing penalty for telling harmful lies is sentenced upon the guilty.